[zfs-discuss] De-duplication in ZFS

2008-01-20 Thread Narayan Venkat
Hi, Is de-duplication in ZFS an active project? If so, can somebody share details about how it's going to be implemented? Thanks. NV This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.ope

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread Chris Murray
This process should work, but make sure you don't swap any cables around while you replace a drive, or you'll run into the situation described in the following thread, as I did: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=48483&tstart=0 Chris This message posted from opensolaris.or

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS shared /home between zones

2008-01-20 Thread Paul
a loopback mount, not a dataset, does what you want. in zonecfg, do: > add fs > set special=/export/home > set dir=/home > set type=lofs > add options rw,nodevices,noexec,nosetuid > end > verify # man zonecfg Make sure the local zones have the same userids as the global zone, best would be to use

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread Richard Elling
Peter Schuller wrote: >> So will pool get bigger just by replasing all 4 disks one-by-one ? >> > > Yes, but a re-import (either by export/import or by reboot) is necessary > before the new space will be usable. > I don't believe this is true. Online replacement is smart enough to pick th

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 01:51:28PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: > > So will pool get bigger just by replasing all 4 disks one-by-one ? > > Yes, but a re-import (either by export/import or by reboot) is necessary > before the new space will be usable. Is this step really nessesary? The last time

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread Victor Engle
> Plan is to replace disks with new and larger disks. > > So will pool get bigger just by replasing all 4 disks one-by-one ? > And if it will get larger how this should be done , fail disks one-by-one .. > or ??? > > Or is data backup and pool recreation only way to get bigger pool > There is ano

Re: [zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread Peter Schuller
> So will pool get bigger just by replasing all 4 disks one-by-one ? Yes, but a re-import (either by export/import or by reboot) is necessary before the new space will be usable. > And if it will get larger how this should be done , fail disks one-by-one > .. or ??? Use zpool replace. -- / Pe

[zfs-discuss] Q : change disks to get bigger pool

2008-01-20 Thread homerun
Hi I have raidz pool raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c2d0ONLINE 0 0 0 c3d0ONLINE 0 0 0 c4d0ONLINE 0 0 0 c5d0ONLINE 0 0 0 That is now getting full. Plan is to replace disks with new and larger disks. So will pool get bigg